The Osceola times., 1887-01-22
0sccsla Rain Drops.


caught 10 Memphis during the freez-
up, came home last Saturday.
The present warm spell is CIV
ing the farmers . chance to clean up
the 6elds Of their remaining crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Driver, Jr.,
came home last Saturday; the illness
of their little child fastening their
return.
Our representative II. T. Blythe
kas laid the TINES under obligations
for copies Of the Reports of State
oficera
The new Picture Gallery Tent
is up, and Mess. Lower and Thomp-
son are ready to catch shadcws-sun
or no sun.
Rev. Frank DeCourcey, Of Jack
son, Tenn., arrived in town last Tues
day. He will preach at the Baptist
Church tomorrow at the usual hours.
The work Of improvement and
repairing by the government, at this
point, we understand, will be resum-
ed ON the first Of February.
We we're pleased to see our old
friend, Mr.. John L. Driver on the
streets again this week; and though
pretty badly Scared up, is fast recov-
ering from his fearful accident.
MIR. Coke Brlckey left for home,
elf, No., last Saturday, going by
way of Mariana, to pay short visit
to Mr.. Peter Brickey and family.
Mr.. A. J. Driver. whose marri-
age to Miss Martha Hardin, WAS an-
nounced in our last issue, has been
dangerously i'll during the week.
-Messrs. Ed Lower and Ollie
Thompson went down to French
mans bayou Thursday. The trouble
was . big dance down there, and the
boys went down to make music for
the occasion.
Renewals for the week: Will
Kieser, Osceola; Mrs. Rosa Feezor,
Fulton, Tenn; d. w. Lynch, Elmot;
4. r. Goss, Fort Smith, Ark; John
Fink, Nodena.
New subscriber: J. X. P. Hale,
f,sceola,
While the people Of the north
and northwest we're hugging their
fires with the thermometer all the
way from zero to twenty below, on
the 18TH, our people were lounging
about in their shirt sleeves planning
for planting early garden vegetables,
with the thermometer TO- in the
shade.
Our Pecan Point correspondent,
B G T, whose communication ap-
pears in this issue, was long time
reaching us, bat looses none of its
interest by the delay. The friends
of temperance throughout the coun.
W will rejoice with us at the chang
ed and improved condition Of the
social and moral status of the Pecan
Point community. 1t is the same
old story: improvement, Z rift and
prosperity, with its attendant ad'
vance In point Of education, christi
anity, moral tone, and a general ele-
waiting and turning over, which al
wavs follow the banishment of King
Alcohol from . community. We
shall expect to hear from our Pecar
Point friend often.
Communicated
PECAN POINT, ARK, Dec. 30, 'S6
EDITOR OF THE TIMES: Dear Sir
having noticed occasional communi
cations from Golden Lake, French
mans Bayou and other places OF like
or lesser Importance in your paper
itlhas occurred to us that ansitem nov
and then, from this end OF the coun
ty might not be amiss to the many
readers of the "TiMEs," and NOR,
particularly, since our place is be
ginning to assume all the appear
. ence Of first class country village
We have two, of perhaps, the largest
store houses in the county-bo,l
new and substantial buildings, ant
nicely furnished and occupied-ont
bv Messrs. Friend & Thomson, ant
the other BY Mess. f. Y. McGayoch
& Co. About year ago now, Mr.
r. w. Friend completed his new
residence, . handsome and cemmo.
dious two-story frame building; and
som thereafter, that Of F. Y. Nc.
Gavock, Esq, was completed, both
of them substantial and tasty houses,
that do credit to their owners, and
evinces = spirit of thrift, progress
and enterprise not seen everywhere
in the country.
We have also new Church build
ing: the neatest, cosiest little affair
imaginable; and these all appropri-
ately situated, make our river front
loom up immensely. For the last
year we have had regularly organ
lied Sabbath School, in which all
hands, big, little, old and young
have taken . part. 1t has bad n
wonderful influence in our commuLi-
~: elevated our social and moral
status, and reformed things general
~ in . way that could not have been